APPLICATION DECANTER CAKE TECHNOLOGY IN VEGETABLE CULTIVATION IN THE PERINTIS JAYA WOMEN’S FARMERS GROUP

Abstract

Every house in KWT Perintis Jaya has a large yard, and many of them are adjacent to oil palm plantations. In general, the back of the house is used to raise cows, chickens, and goats. The front yard of a living stall is typically landscaped with a variety of plants. It reflects the polyculture farming method. Land cultivation is carried out only minimally. Their vegetable plots are usually neither tended nor fertilized. It is evident in the vegetables that are grown sparsely and sold only at weekly markets. Some women farmers fertilize their crops, but only occasionally. It is evident in the meager vegetable crops grown, which are sold only once a week at weekly markets. Some women farmers fertilize their crops, but only occasionally.  To increase the yield of vegetables grown by the KWT (Farmers' Group) while still addressing the needs of low-income women, it is necessary to explore alternative organic cultivation methods that do not use chemical fertilizers, thus reducing fertilizer costs. Furthermore, there are palm oil mills in the village, including PT. Muara Jambi Sawit Sejahtera and PT. Agro Jaya Perdana. These mills produce a significant amount of plant-based waste, which, with education and mentoring, can be converted into fertilizer for their crops.  The mentoring focuses on producing fertilizer from waste found in the surrounding area. There are two palm oil mills in the village. The most easily transported and decomposed waste is DC (Decanter Cake) treated with Trichoderma sp., which is further enhanced as a biofertilizer, with mycorrhizae being used as a biofertilizer. Activities carried out at the Perintis Jaya KWT involved increasing decanter cake fertilizer and mycorrhizal sp. from starter cultures. Applications in vegetable cultivation. Target: 100 kg decanter cake, 10 kg mycorrhizal propagules, 10 kg Trichoderma sp.

Keywords:   Pandan Sejahtera village; decanter cake; mycorrhiza; bio decomposer